OWL
Same in RDF/XML

Characterization in XML:

  <owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="ChartType">

     <rdf:type rdf:resource="...../#FunctionalProperty/>

  </owl:ObjectProperty>

• Similar characterization possibilities:
  • InverseFunctionalProperty
  • TransitiveProperty, SymmetricProperty
• Range of DatatypeProperty can be restricted
• (using XML Schema)
• These features can be extremely useful for ontology based applications!
• These features can be extremely useful for ontology based
• applications!